Card Sharps and Bucket Shops: Gambling in Nineteenth-Century America by Ann Vincent Fabian, ISBN 0415923573

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In a highly readable work that engages topics in American cultural, social and business history, Ann Fabian details the place of gambling in industrializing America. "Card Sharps and Bucket Shops" investigates the relationship between gambling and other ways of making profit, such as speculation and land investment, which became entrenched during the nineteenth century. While all these undertakings ran counter to deeply ingrained American--and Protestant--work ethics, only gambling took on a stigma that made other efforts to acquire wealth socially acceptable.
Fabian considers here the reformers who sought to ban gambling; psychological explanations for the deviant gambler; "numbers" games in the African American community; and efforts by speculators to draw distinctions between their own activities and gambling. She combines first-rate cultural analysis with rigorous research, and along the way provides a wealth of colorful details, characters and anecdotes.


Cool Shops London

One of a new series of authoritative guides teNeues is introducing this season, Cool Shops London takes the reader on a tour of the best stores and boutiques in this most vibrant city. Each shop included is distinguished by more than the products it sells. The editors also highlight exemplary architecture and interior design?for shops such as Camper, Jigsaw and Marks and Spencer?with lavish color photographs and emphasize as well the appeal of smaller, one-of-a-kind shops. Cool Shops London
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E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206

More and more Canadians are turning to discount brokers as a low-cost alternative to having professionals manage their money, making the discount brokerage industry one of the fastest-growing segments of the investment world.

On-line investing is cheap and easy, an dyou can set up an account with most discount brokers with just a few dollars. But thousands of Canadians with accounts at discounters have no idea on how to make them work effectively. "E-Investing How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker is your manual for on-line investing.

E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206
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E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206

More and more Canadians are turning to discount brokers as a low-cost alternative to having professionals manage their money, making the discount brokerage industry one of the fastest-growing segments of the investment world.

On-line investing is cheap and easy, an dyou can set up an account with most discount brokers with just a few dollars. But thousands of Canadians with accounts at discounters have no idea on how to make them work effectively. "E-Investing How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker is your manual for on-line investing.

E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206
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E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206

More and more Canadians are turning to discount brokers as a low-cost alternative to having professionals manage their money, making the discount brokerage industry one of the fastest-growing segments of the investment world.

On-line investing is cheap and easy, an dyou can set up an account with most discount brokers with just a few dollars. But thousands of Canadians with accounts at discounters have no idea on how to make them work effectively. "E-Investing How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker is your manual for on-line investing.

E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206
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Career Opportunities in Computers and Cyberspace

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Mimi's Ghost by Tim Parks, ISBN 1559706023

Morris seems unable to get over the loss of his ex-fiancee Mimi, but then, he should have thought of that before he held her for ransom and ultimately did away with her. Now, he's newly married and gainfully employed, but can't shake his discontent. Just as he is beginning to adjust to his new life, he visits Mimi's grave, where her charming photograph on the gravestone distinctly winks at him. This does not bode well for his latest scheme (exploiting immigrants for cheap labor), which, of course,... Discount shops Discount shops
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